Screen LibraryDemocracy and apartheid political theory, comparative politics and the modern South African state /
'This is a powerful exposition of the ways in which conventional categories of political analysis, liberal and local, have both influenced events in South Africa in the 1990s and misunderstood them. Theorists have perpetuated continuities that have in fact been broken and argued for discontinui...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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'This is a powerful exposition of the ways in which conventional categories of political analysis, liberal and local, have both influenced events in South Africa in the 1990s and misunderstood them. Theorists have perpetuated continuities that have in fact been broken and argued for discontinuities that are less striking than they seem. It will be essential reading for students of South Africa itself and those who suppose that the extension of 'democracy' in the 1990s is an unequivocal advance.' - Geoffrey Hawthorn, University of Cambridge 'Dr Butler's book is a closely argued study of the n |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780333665930, 1998. |
| Carrier Form: | 224 p. |
| Audience: | Undergraduate. |
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9780333665930 9780230374607 : 0230374603 : |
| CLC: | D747 |
| Contents: | Preface Introduction A Periodization of South African History Historical Debates and Political Analysis Democracy and Apartheid Analysing Democratic Transitions Political Science and the End of Apartheid The Failure of Political Science Conclusions Bibliography Index. |